How Sportsmanship Can Be A Part Of A Team

Sport’s are an aspect of life that affect societies across the globe. Athletics affect everyone's life, whether that be playing the sport, watching games, or hearing about a sporting event. There is a big difference between playing an individual sport and players relying on their own athletic abilities versus a team sport when members of the team rely on their teammates to complete each individual's specific responsibility to reach the team's goal. Team sports bring people together in countless ways, and they teach many life skills for the athletes that participate in them. Some of these skills include communication, teamwork, discipline, work ethic, dedication, leadership, and numerous more that will help them in their personal and work

Coaches and athletic administrators are leaders and models for good sportsmanship and ethical behavior. They are responsible for upholding the codes of conduct, standards of behavior and integrity of all members of the program from the coaches and support staff to the student athletes. For this reason those who lead and set the example for others must clearly understand the virtues and/or civic responsibilities that they are to uphold. The Ten Christian Virtues and Civic Responsibilities of Coaches and Administrators as Leaders of Sport in the 21st Century is a guideline for the men and women who teach, coach and lead. (Appendix H) Relational, ethical and enthusiastic are three of the

Sports as a whole offers the opportunity for student-athletes to advance their physical skills, mental toughness, and develop a code of morality and ethics (Hardman, 2010). Much of the maturation of the student-athletes code of ethics may be established through the interaction of their coaches (Hardman, 2010). This process begins the moment they participate in an organized sport and is deeply rooted through their athletic career. Furthermore, the head coach of a team sets the tone for what type of ethics and morality they will lead their team by (Hardman, 2010). Thus, the head coach in essence, is the role model for each of their student athletes will model their own behavior (Hardman, 2010). Therefore, the

Sportsmanship matters not only in sports, but also in the rest of our everyday lives. In any competition,

Throughout my entire life, I have been surrounded by sports, which is due to the fact that I grew up in a household with 3 older siblings who were all division 1 athletes. As one could assume, I was dragged to every event that they played in whether it was Joey’s golf, Madeline’s diving, or Caroline’s tennis. Through my countless hours as a spectator even as a naïve child, I noticed there was one aspect missing in all their sports. It was the feeling of being part of a team because at the end of the day all of their results were based on their individual scores and skills. Although each event had a team winner, it was clear to me that the individual was more important than the team as a whole. However, by playing basketball since I have been

All of the publicity that is attained by success, and the possibility of this success, places a great deal of pressure and stress on these young single-sport athletes. This stress and pressure takes the fun out of some sports. Youth sports are becoming serious and based more on winning than on having a great time and learning good sportsmanship. Adu points out the winning mindset of athletes in this day and age when he says, “Teams will do anything to win the game. My coach told me to expect that going in and that is exactly how it was. . .I felt like everybody was out to get me” (Goodall, 2003). This

It’s often an uphill fight. The ego-driven culture of basketball, and society in general, militates against cultivating this kind of selfless action, even for members of a team whose success as individuals in tied directly to the group performance. Our society places such a high premium on individual achievement, it’s easy for players to get blinded by their own self-importance and lose a sense of interconnectedness, the essence of teamwork.”

Sportsmanship matters not only in sports, but also in the rest of our everyday lives. In any competition,

Volleyball has been a large part of my life the past five years as I've played on Greenwood High School's Team. My transition from elementary school to middle involved joining the high school volleyball team, along with two other to-be seventh graders. These past few years have been marked with both struggle and triumph as we experienced three different coaches as the original coach stepped down. This left us with only 14 girls to play with one year, when an average volleyball team plays with 30 girls. We struggled as a team that year but we also came closer together through shared experience, which enabled us to work together even better as a team the year after under the tutelage of our third coach. My ninth grade year I participated very heavily on the team as I played both Freshman and

I had such a passion for the sport and had never stopped loving it. Even though it took a lot of work to get back into shape and a lot of work to get back the techniques, I was happy to push myself. I decided to try out for the team at my community college sophomore year. I was genuinely terrified but I reminded myself that this type of opportunity was one that I could not take for granted. I made the team, but that was only half the battle. I wanted to be better than I was before. I wanted to prove that I could make a comeback and I needed to do it for myself. There were so many practices I felt like giving up and tried to justify it by the fact I had missed so many years and it was hopeless. The season had its ups and downs, but I had never been so proud of myself. I played great and I gave it my all. I learned a lot about myself as I played the game and also off the court with my teammates. I played college volleyball after three years of not being able to be on the court. I learned that I was resilient and there was nothing that I could not do as long as I worked for

As far as athletes on the field a great many lessons are often learned there and one of the biggest lessons is sportsmanship. For any sports played teamwork is often times essential for winning. It also allows for a person to become more confident in their own abilities allowing them to become more proud and not ashamed of what they can or cannot do. It allows players to build bonds among their teammates and while this maybe be one of the main creators of the “jocks hang out with jocks” stereotype it is only because athletes feel a connection to someone that is going through the same time of training and emotions that sports tend to create. Sportsmanship teaches a person the value of working together in groups and allows the player to learn how to adjust to situations that he or she may not agree with. The work ethic sportsmanship creates is also carried off the field as well into the school and more importantly the working environment, because we all know that in our lifetimes we are going to have to work with someone that we do not like or agree with. And having the ability to be able to work through a problem which sportsmanship can do allows for an easier job experience.

Most adolescents participate in team sports, in which youths compete with others to achieve or obtain a certain goal. Working together and learning how to cooperate and interact with others helps an adolescent develop socially. In addition, becoming socially accepted by one's peers and teammates raises self-esteem and enables one to be more psychologically competent”(Chan, 1999). This understanding is rooted in Jacqueline’s behavior which this quote relate to her experience due to the fact that Jacqueline never felt inferior in any sport because of her inner strength and learning how to work well with others who were different from her to “achieve or obtain a certain goal” to win, which she showed great

Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn. That is called sportsmanship. Sportsmanship is defined as fair and polite behavior when playing a sport. An example of this would be playing by the rules as well as being gracious when you lose. Morelia Sanchez is a former athlete who played lacrosse at Kennedy High School in her sophomore year. I interviewed her about her definition of sportsmanship and teamwork, and also how she uses them in her everyday life. I also talk about my own experiences with sportsmanship along with examples of good and bad sportsmanship.

These compounding factors only add to the additional building blocks of a successful team bonding, further research even shows that College athletics is an important social institution. Hodgson (2006, p. 2) defines institutions as “systems of established and prevalent social rules that structure social interactions.”5 Without the first stepping-stone being successful social interaction, there will be no such thing as team bonding. A prime example of a University setting its “stepping stones” correctly is Since its inception in the late nineteenth century, Southwestern State University has established six core values in an attempt to display such characteristics throughout all branches of the institution: Excellence, Integrity, Leadership, Loyalty, Respect, and Selfless Service. As a university devoted to its stated core values, the established Southwestern State brand promise is unequivocal in its purpose: ‘‘to model our core values in all that we do’’ (Southwestern State University, 2011a). Which in fact places a responsibility upon a athlete who has to model and represent the University in a certain way as shown above. Furthermore, if an athlete does not withheld these stepping-stones, there actions are noticeable by first there coaches and teammates resulting in a negative social interaction. Which ultimately leads to a non-team bonding aspect due to one player, which ultimately may result in

Sportsmanship is an important part of sports because it ensures that competitors are competing in a fair and ethical manner. According to Epstein (2016), “The ethics of sports was once fairness. Fairness meant not taking undue advantage; if anything, it meant allowing such advantages as chance turned up to go to one's opponent.” The Illinois High School Association’s slogan for sportsmanship is, “Do What’s Right!” (“Do What’s Right”). According to the IHSA athletes and coaches should, “Represent their school and community favorably through positive interaction with opposing fans and players before, during, and after the competition” (“Do What’s Right!”). Good sportsmanship means that athletes, coaches, and fans, respect their opponent, the referees, and the game. This means playing within the rules, accepting the judgment of the officials, and be humble and gracious in both victory and defeat. It is easy to identify good or bad